TheBreakdown
Full time8 October 1980
USA
6–53
New Zealand
The Stadium, San Diego, United States · Tour 1980Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 47 points.

Scoring

  1. –PUSA penalty · Dick Cooke3–0
  2. –PUSA penalty · Dick Cooke6–0
  3. –CNew Zealand conversion · Brett Codlin6–2
  4. –CNew Zealand conversion · Brett Codlin6–4
  5. –CNew Zealand conversion · Brett Codlin6–6
  6. –CNew Zealand conversion · Brett Codlin6–8
  7. –CNew Zealand conversion · Brett Codlin6–10
  8. –CNew Zealand conversion · Brett Codlin6–12
  9. –PNew Zealand penalty · Brett Codlin6–15
  10. –PNew Zealand penalty · Brett Codlin6–18
  11. –PNew Zealand penalty · Brett Codlin6–21
  12. –TNew Zealand try · Stu Wilson6–25
  13. –TNew Zealand try · Freddy Woodman6–29
  14. –TNew Zealand try · Freddy Woodman6–33
  15. –TNew Zealand try · Freddy Woodman6–37
  16. –TNew Zealand try · Bill Osborne6–41
  17. –TNew Zealand try · Bill Osborne6–45
  18. –TNew Zealand try · Nick Allen6–49
  19. –TNew Zealand try · Geoff Old6–53

Line-ups

USA

  1. 1Rick BaileyProp
  2. 2Jeff HollingsHooker
  3. 3Dave BrileyProp
  4. 4Brian SwordsSecond row
  5. 5Ed BurlinghamSecond row
  6. 6Skip NiebauerFlanker
  7. 7John FowlerFlanker
  8. 8Art WardNumber 8
  9. 9Dick CookeScrum-half
  10. 10Steve GrayFly-half
  11. 11Lin WaltonWing
  12. 12Tim O'BrienCentre
  13. 13Dennis ShanagherCentre
  14. 14Chimere OkezieWing
  15. 15Chip HowardFull-back

New Zealand

  1. 1John SpiersProp
  2. 2Andy DaltonHooker
  3. 3John AshworthProp
  4. 4Andy HadenSecond row
  5. 5Graeme HigginsonSecond row
  6. 6Geoff HinesFlanker
  7. 7Graham MourieFlanker
  8. 8Geoff OldNumber 8
  9. 9Mark DonaldsonScrum-half
  10. 10Nick AllenFly-half
  11. 11Freddy WoodmanWing
  12. 12Bill OsborneCentre
  13. 13Bruce RobertsonCentre
  14. 14Stu WilsonWing
  15. 15Brett CodlinFull-back

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Context

All-time, USA 0–5 New Zealand in 5 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

USA going in
New Zealand going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.